Ok-so this post is a week late. So, ironically, is our baby (almost!!) Mother's Day was terrific this year! Not only 'cause of the new baby on it's way, any day now, or b/c of the cool gift I got (see previous Minivan post!) but also just 'cause the weather was wonderful, and I spent it with family. We spent the day at my Mom's, and ate "Monsters" as Jesse calls them (lobsters).
Halfway thru the day, Leroy phoned to tell me that "one of (my) cows in the field had calved. He wasn't sure which one. Either that, or one of the Canadian mares had had a calf this year, as the calf was trying to nurse off the mare!" I came home quick to help him sort it out. Turns out that my Brown Swiss milk cow "Gabi"'s daughter "Taffy" had calved-a sweet little red heifer. But Wonder, our super quirky Canadian mare, had, once again, decided that the calf should be hers, and was chasing Taffy away from her own baby!! Even when Leroy grabbed the baby to bring it to the barn, Wonder went after him in an attempt to "protect" it! LOL! Anyways, we got the calf in the barn, and reunited it with her mother, who seemed relieved to be rid of the annoying, crazy mare, and I went back to Mom's.
Halfway thru the day, Leroy phoned to tell me that "one of (my) cows in the field had calved. He wasn't sure which one. Either that, or one of the Canadian mares had had a calf this year, as the calf was trying to nurse off the mare!" I came home quick to help him sort it out. Turns out that my Brown Swiss milk cow "Gabi"'s daughter "Taffy" had calved-a sweet little red heifer. But Wonder, our super quirky Canadian mare, had, once again, decided that the calf should be hers, and was chasing Taffy away from her own baby!! Even when Leroy grabbed the baby to bring it to the barn, Wonder went after him in an attempt to "protect" it! LOL! Anyways, we got the calf in the barn, and reunited it with her mother, who seemed relieved to be rid of the annoying, crazy mare, and I went back to Mom's.
Taffy's lil girl
Grandma Bailey baked homemade bread in Don's woodstove in the summer house, just like in olden days! LOL! It was so much fun, and so yummy!!
(photo of Wyatt and "monster" courtesy of my sister! Thanks Sis!)
Wyatt really enjoyed playing with the lobsters, but wasn't so sure when he saw his cousin eating them-he gave him a shocked look like "you meanie!!" However, it didn't take him long to discover how good lobster tastes! : )
Anyways, it was a super enjoyable day! I hope everyone else had as nice a Mother's Day!
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